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Michaels Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Michaels Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$26kHealth$26kHousing & Shelter$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kPhilanthropy$8kAnimals$8kInternational$5kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$884k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAIRFIELD GIVING INC$5,000
FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC$1,000
MS SOCIETY$1,000
PAWS$1,000
FACETS 2025 JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN$1,000
NORWALK SENIOR CENTER INC$1,000
EASTON COMMUNITY CENTER$1,000
ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION$103
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $1k → 9%HOPE FOR JUSTICE: $250 → 14%CUMAC: $1k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%TEAM INC: $1k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA INC: $1k → 12%FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC: $1k → 9%MCGIVNEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
MO
AZ
TN
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91k · 12 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
35

Total granted

$91k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+25%

Still filing today

67%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +46%
  • CC
    CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER
    2× · 2019–2020 · $13k · revenue +62%
  • CA
    CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $11k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +47%
  • BH
    BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION NORMA PFRIEM BREAST CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CA
    CT ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
3
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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4
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
5
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
6
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

To improve the health of children, teenagers and young adults through excellence in patient care, education, research, advocacy and community partnerships.

Health
7
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
8
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
9
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
12
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House At the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Seven Angels Theatre Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFAIRFIELD GIVING INC: $5,000 · OtherFAIRFIELD GIVING INCBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION NORMA PFRIEM BREAST CENTER: $5,000 · OtherBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION NORMA PFRIEM…CT ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS: $5,000 · OtherCT ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLSTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $3,000 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INCMID-FAIRFIELD CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $2,000 · OtherROTARY CLUB OF WATERTOWN: $2,000 · OtherALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $2,500 · OtherSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Other+18 more: $11,850 · Other+18 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National…FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesMCGIVNEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCUMACECHO INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTEAM INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS INC: $11,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT ASSOC…THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF…+1 more: $250 · EducationMALTA HOUSE INC: $16,000 · Housing & ShelterMALTA HOUSE IN…Esperanza En Escalante Inc: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterEsperanza En E…CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $12,500 · HealthCONNECTICUT …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $550 · Health+8 more: $2,403 · Health+8 moreUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPE: $250 · InternationalMR MO PROJECT SENIOR DOG RESCUE: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSeven Angels Theatre Inc: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$53,350Human Services$21,250Education$21,250Housing & Shelter$17,000Health$15,453International$5,250Arts & Culture$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMALTA HOUSE INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMR MO PROJECT SENIOR DOG RESCUE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID-FAIRFIELD CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEsperanza En Escalante Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlying Fur Animal Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeven Angels Theatre Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMCGIVNEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORWALK SENIOR CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUMACECHO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER NAUGATUCK VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AT THE MARIA FARERI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Justice Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTWLOHA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fairfield County's Co…Ion Bank Foundation I…Synchrony FoundationNewtown Savings Bank …Peoples United Commun…Newman's Own Foundati…Eversource Energy Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Newtown Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Michaels Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michaels Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Team Inc: 84% of income from government
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Cumacecho Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley: 19% of income from government
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center: 5% of income from government
  • Mcgivney Community Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Connecticut Association of Schools Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Michaels Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Michaels Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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